topic Re: Two Brands Same POS in Restaurant Operations

Two Brands Same POS

Eddie_h — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:06:42 GMT

Hi,

Looking for help setting up two separate "Brands" within the POS system...typically I would call them "Revenue Centers" but Toast does not refer to them the same way.

We have two POS systems that must be identical...one storefront that has two brands, so two different product lines across each brand.

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Two Brands Same POS

Zerelda — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:42:09 GMT

We have two POS systems that must be identical...
Two terminal screens that must show the same options as the other? Or no?

one storefront that has two brands, so two different product lines across each brand
So four product lines total? Or were you just saying that there are two separate businesses under one roof?

Revenue Centers are a way to track and filter sales by where they're physically made. Primarily by table layouts but also by device if it's rung as a tab. If the two brands have different areas in which they're sold, this is one way to filter your sales by each brand. I'd recommend then also using Hidden Menus so that only the relevant menu options show up on any given device.

Dining Options can be set by devices as well, and can be another filter that you might find useful.

Sales Categories are another way you can track and filter *item sales* from two different types of revenue streams. This can be done regardless of which device the item is run on, but only filters the menu reports instead of the ful sales summary

Re: Two Brands Same POS

Eddie_h — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 23:46:28 GMT

We have two POS systems that must be identical...
Two terminal screens that must show the same options as the other? Or no?

Yes, must be the same options ... no difference for users or customers

one storefront that has two brands, so two different product lines across each brand
So four product lines total? Or were you just saying that there are two separate businesses under one roof?

Two brands under one roof.

Revenue Centers are a way to track and filter sales by where they're physically made. Primarily by table layouts but also by device if it's rung as a tab. If the two brands have different areas in which they're sold, this is one way to filter your sales by each brand. I'd recommend then also using Hidden Menus so that only the relevant menu options show up on any given device.

Dining Options can be set by devices as well, and can be another filter that you might find useful.

Sales Categories are another way you can track and filter *item sales* from two different types of revenue streams. This can be done regardless of which device the item is run on, but only filters the menu reports instead of the ful sales summary

Yes, this is where the issue is...this report does not generate enough information like the full sales summary.

Re: Two Brands Same POS

Zerelda — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 02:56:34 GMT

Assuming the brands are sold on exclusive tickets -- so each check is either one brand or another, you could turn on Prompt for Dining Option and create a Dining Option for each brand. Which means every time you take a payment it will ask if it's a check for Brand A or Brand B. That would let you filter the whole Sales Summary, but it would be dependent upon the cashier correctly labeling each order. Might be some errors along the way but you could check for that.

A lot of the reporting seems to trigger by check, so if it's getting down to tracking two entirely different businesses who are selling items on the same check I think that would be pretty difficult all around. 😕